Aura Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Aura Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Monroeville, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Aura Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $75k and spending of $60k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $61k to $75k (+23%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Aura Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 29th percentile, and in the 37th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Union Beach First Aid Squad Inc ($75k), Sturkie VFD ($75k) and Adams Fire Corporation ($75k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $118k against liabilities of $77k, net assets of $40k.